Fires, trespassers prompt church to speed up demolition of these century-old Salt Lake City apartments
The La France Apartments, part of a turn-of-the-century boom, are awaiting the wrecking ball as the Greek Orthodox Church moves ahead with development plans. “We also have a moral obligation,” it says, “to assure that this level of depravity is not allowed to continue.”
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The La France Apartments in Salt Lake City will soon be torn down. Thursday, April 7, 2022.
Blake joined The Tribune in March 2022 to cover city and county government before becoming an editor in 2024. He is a University of Minnesota graduate who started his journalism career in Las Vegas, where he covered local government, state politics and the depletion of the Colorado River. He is dad to a Golden Retriever named Woodward.